Paper dispenser



April 30, 1940.

PAPER DISPENSER Filed D60. 19, 1939:

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PAPER DISPENSER 2 Sheets-Shet 2 Filed Dec. 19, 1939 Les/[6A. h a myzam% ATTO R N EYS Patented Apr. 30, 1940 UNITED 'STATES PATENTS OFFICE 2,198,926 PAPER. DISPENSER. Leslie L. Walden, Jr., Howe, Tex. Application December 19, 1939, Serial No. 310,043

7 Claims.

The invention relates to a paper dispenser and 'more especially to a roll paper folding and dispensing device.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character wherein roll paper for domestic use can be conveniently supported and dispensed from the container therefor in determined size, being severed from the roll of the particular size and folded in a single operation of the device.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character wherein the roll of paper will be severed into sheets, each sheet being folded and delivered from the device, the severed sheets being of uniform sizes with respect to each other and in this way eliminating waste of the roll of paper by dispensing more of the same than is required for use and at the same time relieving the user of the folding operation in that the latter is automatically effected on severing and ejecting a single sheet from the device.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character wherein the construction of the same is novel in its entirety and assures the positive dispensing of a sheet, the folding thereof and the severance from the roll of paper in a single operation of the dev1ce.

A further object of the invention isthe provision of a device of this character, which is comparatively simple in its construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, hand operated, compact, susceptible of fastening to a support, more particularly the vertical wall of an enclosirlelr, and inexpensive to manufacture andins a With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention 45 and pointed out in the claims hereunto appenddicated at I2.

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Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar reference charactersindicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A denotes generally the device constructed in accordance with the invention and comprises a casing Ill, preferably made from sheet metal having an open front closed by a vertically swingabledoor or closure II, the hinge for the latter being in- This door or closure l! in the lower portion thereof is formed with a dispensing slot or mouth opening l3 through which is delivered paper when folded and severed from a roll thereof.

Arranged interiorly of the casing Ill at the upper portion thereof is a roll supporting bracket l4 equipped with stud arbor'sl5 separably engageable with a roll of paper l6 for supporting the said bracket or the removal of such roll'- therefrom as the occasion may require.

Within the casing H! to be beneath the roll I6 when placed therein is a feeder cylinder l8, its central turning shaft l9 being journaled in a fixture 20 built withinthe casing H8. The shaft I9 is carried exteriorly of the casing It at one end where ithas therewith a turning crank 2i provided with a grip 22 so that the cylinder l8 can be rotated manually. The cylinder 18 is in confronting relation to the mouth opening or slot l3 and is adapted on rotation to project folded sheets of the paper (1 making up the roll it. Pivoted above the cylinder it? within the casing H] 'is a vertically 'swingable hanger 23 in which is journaled asevering'or cutting roller 24 for cooperation with the cylinder I8 and the severance of the paper ll fed by the latter at determined intervals in a manner presently described.

contact -withthe paper ll on the unwinding thereof from the roll l6 so as to maintain the said paper I1 tight against the cylinder l8 and. in taut condition where bridging a channel or groove 21 in the said cylinder l8 whereby when the roller 24 meets the channel or groove the paper I! taut over the latter will be broken or cut for severance of a sheet from the paper I! of the roll [6. The hanger 23 carrying the roller 24 is tensioned by coiled springs 28 connected thereto for a forced entry of the roller 24 in the channel or groove 21 against the resistance of the taut condition of the paper I! stretched over this channel or groove and peripherally about the cylinder l8 for a positive cutting action of the roller 24 upon the paper I! for its severanceinto sheet form.

Adjacent to and at opposite sides of the slot or mouth opening 13 within the casing W are upper and lower guide pieces 29 and 3!.l, respectively, for directing the paper I! of the roll peripherally of the cylinder 18 during the turning of the latter, the rollers 25 and 28 being effected for close retention of the paper I] about the cylinder H3. The piece 38 is formed with a releasing lip or tongue 3! which protrudes into an annular clearance 32 provided in the cylinder l3 and is adapted to release the paper .I 1' from being tacked to the cylinder 18 by the tacking prongs or spurs 33 thereon so that the said paper I] when severed in sheet form from the roll t6 thereof will become automatically folded onitself in the severed sheet form of the same. This automatic folding of the severed sheets takes place by the abutment of one end of the severed sheet with the lip or tongue 3! during the time that the cylinder 88 in association of the latter with the roller 26 is feeding the sheet in confronting relation to the slot or mouth opening 13 with the result that the severed sheet crowding between the piece 35] and the cylinder 18 will become buckled or folded on itself in the condition as indicated at a in Figure 2 of the drawings and this severed, folded sheet will be dispensed from the casing l0 through the said slot or mouth opening l3. j

In the operation of the device the paper I! of the roll it is trained over the roller 25 between it and the cylinder 15 to become tacked to the latter by the prongs or spurs 33. Now on rotating the cylinder E8 the paper I! is carried peripherally of the cylinder 18 beneath the roller .25 until the tacked end of the said-paper l1 engages the lip or tongue 3| whence the latter causes the release of the paper from the prongs or spurs 33 which frees the paper I! from the cylinder I8 whereupon the cylinder l8 continues to rotate and when the channel or groove 2 registers with the cutting roller 24, the latter underthe tension of the springs 28 acts upon the paper held taut over this channel or groove for the severance of said paper. Just prior to the severance of the paper if, the prongs or spurs 33 again tack the paper if of the roll it) to the cylinder IS. The severed paper through rotation of the cylinder l8 becomes folded by the abutment of the severed sheet with the lip or tongue 3| and in this folded condition, as at a in Figure 2 of the drawings, is projected through the slot or opening l3 for the dispensing of the folded sheet from the casing ill of the device A. This sequence of operation is repeated when the cylinder 18 is turned a full cycle of rotation. The cylinder 18 is manually rotated by the crank 2! at the grip '22 thereof.

From the foregoing and as exhibited by the drawings it will be apparent that paper sheets are severed or cut from a roll 16 of paper 11, each sheet being folded on itself and dispensed from the device in successive single order.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a casing having a dispensing opening, a paper roll holder interiorly of said casing, a rotatable feeding cylinder within said casing and having a depression in its periphery, means for tacking paper of a roll in the holder to said cylinder for the feeding of the paper in the direction of the dispensing opening, means for holding the paper taut and in overlying relation to said depression, means within the casing and active at the depression in the cylinder for the severing of the paper, and means within the casing for effecting the folding of the severed paper and the projecting thereof through the dispensing opening.

2. A device of the character described comprising a casing having a dispensing opening, a paper roll holder interiorly of said casing, a rotatable feeding cylinder within said casing and having a depression in its periphery, means for the depression in the cylinder for the severing of the paper, means within the casing for effecting the folding of the severed paper and the projecting thereof through the dispensing opening and means correlated to the last-named means for freeing the tacked paper from the cylinder.

3. A device of the character described comprising a casing havinga dispensingopening, a paper roll holder interiorly of said casing, a ro tatable feeding cylinder within said casing and having a. depression in its periphery, means for tacking paper of a roll in the holder to said cylinder for the feeding of the paper in the direction of the dispensing opening, means for holding the paper taut and in overlying relation to said depression, means within the casing and active at the depression in the cylinder for the severing of the paper, means within the casing for effecting the folding of the severed paper and the projecting thereof through the dispensing opening, means correlated tothe last-named means for freeing the tacked paper from the cylinder, and means for imparting movement to the said cylinder.

4. A device of the character described comprising a casing having a dispensing opening, a paper roll holder interiorly of said casing, a rotatable feeding cylinder within said casing and having a depression in its periphery, means for severingof the paper, means within the casing for effecting the folding of the severed paper and the projecting thereof through the dispensing opening, means correlated to the last-named means for freeing the tacked paper from the cylinder, means for imparting movement to thesaid cylinder, and means for. tensloning the severing means.

5. A device of the character described comprising a casing having a dispensing opening, a paper roll holder interiorly of said casing, a

rotatable feeding cylinder within said casing and having a depression in its periphery, means for tacking paper of a roll in the holder to said cylinder for the feeding of the paper in the direction of the dispensing opening, means for holding the paper taut and in overlying'relation to said depression, means within the casing and active at the depression in the cylinder for the severing of the paper, means within the casing for effecting the folding of the severed paper and the projecting thereof through the dispensing opening, means correlated to the last-named means for freeing the tacked paper from the cylinder, means for imparting movement to the said cylinder, means for tensioning the severing means, and a swinging hanger having a cutting roller forming the severing means.

6. A device. of the character described com-- prising a casing having a dispensing opening, a paper roll holder interiorly of said casing, a rotatable feeding cylinder within said casing and having a depression in its periphery, means for tacking paper of a roll in the holder to said cylinder for the feeding of the paper in the direction of the dispensing opening, means for holding the paper taut and in overlying relation to said depression, means within the casing and active ,at the depression in the cylinder for the severing of the paper, means within the casing for effecting the folding of the severed paper and the projecting thereof through the dispensing opening, means correlated to the last-named means for freeing the tacked paper from the cylinder, means for imparting movement to the said cylinder, means for tensioning the severing means, a swinging hanger having a cutting roller forming the severing means, and arbors included in said roll holder for rotatably supporting a paper roll.

'7. A device of the character described comprising a casing having a dispensing opening, a

paper roll holder interiorly of said casing, a rotatable feeding cylinder within said casing and having a depression in its periphery, means for tacking paper of a roll in the holder to said cylinder for the feeding of the paper in the direction of the dispensing opening, means for holding the paper taut and in, overlying relation to said depression, means within the casing and active at the depression in the cylinder for the severing of the paper, means withinthe casing for effecting the folding of the severed paper and the projecting thereof through the dispensing opening, means correlated to the last-named means for freeing the tacked paper from the cylinder, means for imparting movement to the said cylinder, means for tensioning the severing means, a swinging" hanger having a cutting roller forming the severing means, arbors included in said roll holder for rotatably supporting a paper roll, and 

